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  • Oct 22, 1984
    Julio Iglesias' album "1100 Bel Air Place," powered by the Willie Nelson duet "To All The Girls I've Loved Before," is certified gold, platinum and double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
    Oct 22, 1984
    Merle Haggard records "Kern River" in Nashville
    Oct 22, 1984
    RCA releases Alabama's "(There's A) Fire In The Night"
    Oct 23, 1984
    Mayor Zander Guy makes Waylon Jennings an honorary deputy and declares Waylon Jennings Day in Jacksonville, North Carolina, as Jennings plays a benefit for a memorial to honor soldiers who were killed in a 1983 Beirut terrorist attack
    Oct 24, 1984
    Gene Sullivan dies in Oklahoma City. He joined Wiley Walker to form a duo, recording the original version of "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" and notching a hit with "Make Room In Your Heart For A Friend"
    Oct 25, 1984
    Pop singer/songwriter Katy Perry is born in Santa Barbara, California. Among her hits is "Teenage Dream," mentioned in the lyrics of Old Dominion's 2016 country single "Song For Another Time"
    Oct 25, 1984
    Alabama becomes the first country group to go triple-platinum, with the albums "Feels So Right" and "Mountain Music" each certified by the RIAA for shipping three million copies. The albums "Roll On" and "The Closer You Get" also go double-platinum
    Oct 25, 1984
    Johnnie Lee Wills dies at Tulsa's St. John Medical Center. The younger brother of Bob Wills, he played with the Texas Playboys prior to starting his own band, which earned a 1941 hit with the original version of "Milk Cow Blues"
    Oct 26, 1984
    "Toto IV" is certified double-platinum by the RIAA, benefiting Nashville bass player, and former group member, David Hungate
    Oct 26, 1984
    The soundtrack to "A Star Is Born," featuring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, earns a quadruple-platinum from the RIAA

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